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Analysis of a Modified RC4 Algorithm
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 51 - Number 22 |
| Year of Publication: 2012 |
| Authors: T. D. B. Weerasinghe |
10.5120/8341-1617
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T. D. B. Weerasinghe . Analysis of a Modified RC4 Algorithm. International Journal of Computer Applications. 51, 22 ( August 2012), 12-16. DOI=10.5120/8341-1617
Abstract
In this paper, analysis of a simply modified RC4 algorithm is presented. RC4 is the most widely used stream cipher and it is not considered as a cipher that is strong in security. Many alternatives have been proposed to improve RC4 key generation and pseudo random number generation but the thoughts behind this work is to try out a simple modification of RC4's PRGA, where we can mention like this:
References
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- T. D. B Weerasinghe. 2012. Analysis of a Hybrid Cipher Algorithm for Data Encryption. In IFRSA's International Journal of Computing, VOL. 2 No. 2, 397-401
- T. D. B Weerasinghe. 2012. Secrecy and Performance Analysis of Symmetric Key Encryption Algorithms. In IAES International Journal of Information and Network Security, VOL. 1 No. 2, 77-87
- Allam Mousa and Ahmad Hamad. 2006. Evaluation of the RC4 Algorithm for Data Encryption. In International Journal of Computer Science and Applications, VOL. 3, No. 2, 44-56
- Lecture notes of Dr. Issa Traore of the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, related to secrecy of ciphers. URL: www. ece. uvic. ca/~itraore/elec567-04/notes/elec6704-6-2. pdf
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